Background
Haas was born in Belleville, Illinois.
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Jerry Haas
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Haas finished an impressive T-31 at the 1985 Masters Tournament as an amateur. He finished 57th on the money list in 1989. Haas finished in 3rd at qualifying school in 1989 earning him his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 1990.
Career
In 1985 he was named second team All-American in his final year at Wake and was also selected to the American Walker Cup team He turned professional in 1986. Haas played on the European Tour in 1988 and 1989.
He played on the Professional Golf Association Tour full-time in 1990 and 1991 and split time between the Nationwide Tour and the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1992.
Those three wins helped earn Haas his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 1995 but he would have to go back to the Nationwide Tour in 1996. In 1997, Haas stopped playing professionally and spent a year as a commentator for The Golf Channel and also spent time as a teaching professional at the Yorktown Golf Club in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois.
Haas was named the head coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons golf team on September 1, 1997 and with the hiring stopped playing professional golf. He rebuilt the Wake Forest golf program and during his time they have seen over 15 All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination selections and over 15 individual tournament champions.
1982 Illinois Amateur Nationwide Tour wins (3) Other wins (4).
